Toy catapult.



. F. W. PRATT & B. J. DICKINSON.

TOY GATAPULT.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 30, 1912.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT oF Ion."

FRANK 'W. PRATT, OI AHBRIDGE, AND BRUCE JOHN DICKINSON, 0F FAIR OAKS,

' a 4 PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY CATAPUL'I'.

Application filed October 80, 1912. Serial No. 728,751.

To all iv/mm. it may concern:

Be 1i. known that we, FRANK. l/V. PnA'r'r and Bacon JonN .DICKJNSON,citizens of the United States, and residents, respectively,

of Ambridge, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, and ofFair Oaks, in the county of Allegheny and State of lcnnsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Toy Catapult, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in spring catapults. The object ofthe present invention is to improve the construction of catapults forthrowing shot, stone, or other missiles with force and accuracy withoutthe use of elastic or rubber. A further object of the invention istrength and durability, not liable to injury by ordinary usage andhighly efficient for the purpose intended, a simple inexpensivecatapult.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, andpointed outin claims hereto appended.

Reference will now be had to drawing wherein, I

Figure 1 is top view of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is front view of the catapult.Fig. 3 is view of side of Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is view of the catapult withhorizontal arms of vertical coiled springs brought to a central positionand retained in that position by having a pin or bar passing throughloopon each end-of arms. This arrangement-enables the'catapult to becarried in a flat position. Fig. 5 view showing how the catapult ismanipu- V lated.

A catapult in accordance with the invention comprises members, 1oblongloop in metal forming handle, 2 metal twisted together, 3 and 4bottom horizontal bars, 5 and 6 vertical side posts connected to bottomhorizontal bars, 7 top horizontal cross bar connected to vertical sideposts 5 and 6, 8 loop used as sight and connected to top horizontalcross bar 7, 9 and 10 coiled springs with horizontal arms, springs 9 and10 mounted] on vertical posts5 and 6 and working in opposite directionsas shown in Fig. 1, 11 and 12 horizontal arms of springs 9 and 10, 13webbing or other pliable material and connected to arms 11 and 12, 14and 15 dotted lines show arms 11 and 12 drawn back in position forthrowing shot or missile, 16. and 17 dotted lines show arms 11 and 12after bein released and springing beyond thenatura position of arms.This movement of the arms is very necessary as it brings the webbing 13taut with a snap WhlCh causes the shot or'missile to leave the webbingwith reat rapidity. TlllS catapu t can be made of various vided at oneside with a handle and at its opposite side with a sight, a pair ofspring cont-rolled arms carried by the ends of said frame and adapted tobe pulled rearwardly through the frame prior to the projecting of themissile, a flexible actuating band for the mlssile having its ends'connected to the free ends of said arms, and each of said arms havlngits end provided with a loop for the reception of a bar to maintain saidarms parallel with the sides of said frame.

. 2.\A tov catapult comprising a rectangular frame having one sidethereof provided with a handle, a coiled spring mounted upon eachend ofsaid frame, and extended intermediate its ends of and providingan armnormally projecting at right angles with respect to said end, the saidsprings working in opposite directions with respect to each other andsaid arms capable of being pulled rearwardly through the frame prior tothe projecting. of a missile, and a flexible missile projecting stripconnecting said arms together.

3. A toy catapult comprising a rectangular frame having one side thereofprovided with a handle, a coiled spring mounted upon each end of saidframe and extended intermediate its ends of and providing an arm normally projecting at right angles with respect to said end, the saidsprings working in opposite directions with respect to each other andsaid arms capable of being pulled rearwardly through the frame prior tothe 'upon each end of said frame and extended to each other and saidarms capable of being pulled rearwardly through the frame prior to theprojecting of a missile, a flexible missile projecting strip connecting.said arms together, and eachof said arms having its free end providedwith a loop, said loops adapted to receive a-bar for niaintainingthearms parallel with the sides of the frame 5 A toy catapult comprising arectangular frame having one side thereof provided with a handle, acoiled spring mounted upon each end of said frame and extendedintermediate its ends of and providing an arm normally projectingatright angles with respect to sald'end, the said springs. working inopposite directions with respect to each.

other and said arms capable of being pulled rearwardly throughthe frameprior to the projecting of a missile, a flexible missile projectingstrip connecting said arms together,

said frame having the other side thereof proof the frame,

FRANK-W, PRATI, BRUCE JOHN DICKINSON Witnesses:

CLYDEN. MELLON, F. A. WAITE.

